HBO's Silicon Valley Embodies The Rise Of The Nerds

The nerd image has gotten popular and refreshed with the rise of technology and Silicon Valley. HBO's new show, Silicon Valley, shows the demographic's new look.

John Jurgensen covers music, television and digital entertainment for The Wall Street Journal.

"The geek image is getting a lot more diverse and it's because that's where a lot of the money and power is right now, in Silicon Valley," he explains.

In the past, Jurgensen explains, geeks have been portrayed as the misunderstood guys at the computer doing things most of us couldn't comprehend, but with the rise of technology, that's changed. Silicon Valley portrays just that.

"So much of what we do every day is rooted on Silicon Valley, it only makes sense that the people who create this stuff would be more of a focus of what we're watching on TV and movies," Jurgensen notes.

He says he thinks the show is strong, but acknowledges he's regularly a fan of the creator's work.

Jurgensen interviewed the creator of the show, Mike Judge, who's past work includes the show King of the Hill and the film Office Space. You can read the full Q&A here.

"Anyone who's seen Office Space can recognize his sense of humor," Jurgensen says on Judge. "He's always been great at satirizing certain character types and also working environments, and Silicon Valley is definitely rich with those."